Think of Kent with its white cliffs, chalk downs, and dull-coloured clays in this connection! The humble subterraneous mole proves himself on occasions a good colourist when he finds a soil of the proper hue to burrow in, and the hillocks he throws up from numberless irregular splashes of bright red colour on a green sward.

The wild animals that strike us as most beautiful, when seen against a green background, are those which bear the reddest fur--fox, squirrel, and red deer.

One day, in a meadow a few miles from Abbotsbury, I came upon a herd of about fifty milch cows scattered over a considerable space of ground, some lying down, others standing ruminating, and still others moving about and cropping the long flowery grasses.

All were of that fine rich red colour frequently seen in Dorset and Devon cattle, which is brighter than the reds of other red animals in this country, wild and domestic, with the sole exception of a rare variety of the collie dog.

The Irish setter and red chouchou come near it.